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| Lower volume with some XLR's? I second Elizabeth's comments. Although your statement that the cable type you modified is the same cable type as the one that was factory terminated with XLR's would seem to imply that the cable you modified has two signal conductors plus a separ... | |
| Who makes Hi Bruce,I would think that he is measuring voltage, since it would be more practical to do that, and since the majority of speakers conform to the voltage paradigm. BTW, this article may be of interest. It describes the standard simulated loudspe... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics George, your post just above quotes my use of the phrase "increased emphasis of the upper treble" for the second time in this thread, and both times you've omitted the words which immediately followed that phrase in the same sentence (see the seco... | |
| Power Cords: A Skeptic Looking to Dabble... Regarding the last few posts, an additional point that will be obvious to some but I nevertheless think warrants mention in this kind of discussion, is the possibility that things other than the performance of the power cord may change during the ... | |
| Solid State to replace Audio Research REF110? 12-08-13: Zd542It does say on the first page of ARC's tube amp owners manuals that: ARC tube amps must be used with ARC preamps or damage will occur. I guess they put it in bold print for a reason.Interesting. I'm thinking that the reason for that... | |
| Who makes Hi Bruce,Starting with your last question first: If I am finally starting to get it, does that mean that not all SS amps are true constant voltage sources if power doesn't double down if impedance halves, and the opposite being the case if impedan... | |
| How do vibrations affect the equipment? 12-07-13: TiofelonThank you all for your responses! I still do not grasp how vibrations can affect a SS amplifier (no problema with a tube amp)or rca cables or spk cables or a dac, etc. Can someone explain the physics of this phenomenum?I doubt it... | |
| Who makes Bombaywalla, your analysis of the 1040 joule number looks reasonable to me. Obviously the 10 amp number is just a rough guess, but even if it is off significantly the bottom line conclusion would undoubtedly still stand.On the output impedance iss... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Bruce (Bifwynne), the lengthy response Ralph (Atmasphere) provided above to your last post provides, IMO, a nuanced, balanced, and technically sound perspective on the issue, derived obviously from extensive experience as well as technical experti... | |
| Who makes Ralph, thanks for the thorough explanations. I too was having some difficulty understanding some of this, but after reading your two posts on the subject a couple of times I think I follow what you are saying.What I'm still not quite seeing, thoug... | |
| Who makes Hi Bruce,Kudos on your interest in the technical aspects of this stuff. Most people's eyes just glaze over :-)Regarding the 1040 joule energy storage capacity of your amp's power supply (that number perhaps being particularly appropriate consideri... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Ralph & Bruce & Mapman, thanks very much for the nice words.Frogman, great post! I agree completely. Richness, body, and dimensionality are terms I find myself using frequently, I believe in the same sense as you are using the terms fullne... | |
| Who makes So tube amps have more current on tap than ss?Not as a general rule; more often than not the opposite would be true. It goes without saying that generalizations are not likely to be meaningful if drawn based on a comparison between a $349 amplifie... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics There's no question that when driving the many ESL's that have impedances descending from high values at low frequencies to very low values at upper treble frequencies nearly all solid state amps will provide an increased emphasis of the upper tre... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics 12-04-13: FrogmanOK, George, you win; clearly, I don't know what live music sounds like.Hopefully Frogman won't mind if I provide some perspective on his comment by stating what he is too modest to say, that he is an accomplished professional musi... |